Job scam quick guide: it's a scam if...

they want you to collect and forward money in any way (a "money mule" job). You'll wind up engaged in money laundering, personally defrauded via expertly forged cheques, money orders, etc, or defrauding someone else who pays for goods that never arrive.

they want you to receive packages and reship them somewhere else. The goods will have been obtained fraudulently, and they're just using you to make the shipping address appear local. You will be aiding fraud.

they want up-front payment (either to them or someone else) of any sort for anything before you can get the job. This is advance fee fraud: there is no job -- it's just a big con to extract money from you.

they want you to buy any kind of "membership" or "kit" in order to start. Forget it -- it's not a real job at all: they're trying to sell you something, and they're probably making a bunch of other false claims about it if they're pitching it as a "job".

it's a job offer, and it's spam. There are LOTS of these scams about, as you can see.

Thursday, December 28, 2006

There is a real company called TEAC. This isn't them. This is just some random scammer telling big fat lies in order to trick people into forwarding stolen or fraudulent money. (Images have been removed from this spam.)

Teac International Incoporated109 Featherstone Street. LONDON. BC2Y TelFax: + 44-709-280-6152www.teac.comDear Sir/Madam, Would you like to work online from home and get paid Monthly? TEAC Intl Inc. needs a Representative/agent worldwide, we want to know if you will like to work online from home and getting paid on commission basis 10% of every transaction without leaving or affecting your present job?.

It's just that we presently run a Branch in the UK and we need someone to work for the company as a representative/agent.

Our company produces various electronics, computers, software's, hardware's, which we have clients we supply weekly in the states, so we need someone in the states to work as our representative and assist us in processing the payments from our clients and we will pay him/her 10% of any transaction made.

Our payments will be issued out in your name and you get them cashed in your bank while some will be wired into your bank account.

This job is very challenging and you should understand it.

We are looking only for the Honest and Open Hearted Individual who satisfies our requirements and glad to offer this job position to you.

If our proposal interest you, Do get back to us with your detailed information as listed below.

We will forward it to our clients and they will start making payments to you as the company' s representative, we will email you a letter of employment from our company which you have to complete carefully and send to us alongside scanned copy of your identification attached (if any) to it as soon as we confirm any payment coming to you we will let you know and you will be given the information on how to send funds to the company.

Please all replies and further enquiries must be sent to: Representative CoordinatorDr. Bruno Moore Email: brunomoor@zensearch.com

Wednesday, December 27, 2006

This message originated from 81.199.62.89, which is in Nigeria. Golly gosh, it's not from Australia at all, let alone from the Suncoast Gold Macadamia company! Could it be that the sender is one of those notorious Nigerian scammers? (Hint: YES.)

Suncoast Gold Macadamias (Australia) Limited sells Bulk andRoasted/Flavoured products,Gourment Products and gift packs,Retails Packs and Various Recipes. We have reached big sales volume in the European and Asian market and now are trying to penetrate the Northern American market. Quite soon we will open representative offices and authorized sales centers in North America and therefore we are currently looking for people who will assist us in establishing a new distribution network there. The fact that despite the Nothern America market is new for us we already have regular clients also speaks for itself.

WHY YOU?The international money transfer tax for legal entities (companies) in Australia is 25%, whereas for the individual it is only 7%. That.s why we need you! We need agents to receive payment for our products in their locality and to resend the money to us. This way we will save money because of tax decreasing.

HOW MUC H WI LL YOU EARN?7%-9% from each sale/resale operation! For instance: you receive 1000 USD to your bank account. You will withdraw the money and keep $70 (7% from $1000) for yourself! At the beginning your commission will equal 7%, though later it will increase up to 9%!

ADVANTAGESYou do not have to go out as you will work as an independent contractor right from your home office. Your job is absolutely legal. You can earn up to $3000-4000 depending on time you will spend for this job. You do not need any capital to start. The employees who make efforts and work hard have a strong possibility to become managers. Anyway our employees never leave us.

If you are interested in our offer, please feel free to indicate so in your reply to us.

Please, to facilitate the conclusion of this transaction if accepted, do send me promptly by email the following:

HAYWARD GALLERYSouth Bank CentreBelvedere RoadLondon SE1 8XZfax:02082998700 Tell: +447031846503PLease Reply to this Email ASAP to hayward_gallery@yahoo.co.ukURGENT PART-TIME JOB OPPORTUNITYHi, my name is Froniga Lambert, the Artist, Archaeologist, and also the Managerof Hayward Gallery in london and i live and work here in United Kingdom, Would you like to work online from home and get paid without affectingyour present job? Actually i need a representative who can be workingfor our company as online book-keeper. We make lots of supplies to some of our clients in the HOLAND/GERMANY and AUSTRALIA for which i do come to over to recievepayment and have it cashed after i supply them raw materials. Itsalways too expensive and stressful for me to come down and recieve such payment twice in a month so i therefore decided to contact you. I am willing topay you 10% for every payment recieved by you from our clients whomakes payment through you. Pls note you dont have to be a book keeper to apply for the job.. I must emphasize once again that this businesstransaction is legitimate in all it's entirety and there will be no cause for youto regret working with me . I will never ask for your bank account details because it is not needed. Kindly get back to me as soon as possible ifyou are interested in this job offer with your:FIRST NAME :LAST NAME:ADDRESS:CITY:STATE:ZIP CODE:COUNTRY:PHONE NUMBER (S): GENDER:AGE:MARITAL STATUS:BANK NAME:

PLEASE SEND YOUR REPLY ASAP ATTESTATION According to how you have beenbriefed earlier by a qualified representative of this establishment.You are required and mandated to receive payment on behalf of the above mentioned firm. You are to deduct 10% of all funds processed on aparticular order and forward the balance payment via Western UnionMoney Transfer and MONEYGRAM to any of "HAYWARD GALLERY" Group regional warehouses that will be given to you later. You will notify the companya week ahead if eventually you want to discontinue this job so as toterminate all payment coming your way to avoid conflict...NB: PLEASE REPLY BACK BY FILLING THE FORM..

I currently represent a network of over 24 million users who arepredominantly U.S. based. Our users have elected to opt-in and remain on our network in order to use a number of sophisticated, cutting-edgeweb-based search tools. The value of these tools have caused ournetwork to grow by an average of 200,000 users per month. This network allows my company to direct those users wherever we wish on the topsixteen search engines.

While we currently represent over 13,000 companies, ranging from singleowner to Fortune-100 entities, we are currently seeking one preferred source for overseas money transfer services.

I would like to speak with you about this. Our normal run for an exclusiveslot on our Network runs for six months, however due to the holidays I amextending this to one year at no additional cost for those who sign up today or tomorrow.

please can I have your attention for a moment? Would you like to work online from home/temporarily and get paid weekly?well as i just come across your name and address posted online and I would be very interested in offering you a part-time paying job in which you could earn alot.This job would be based on contract and commission terms, it is a part-time job and it would involve quite a handful of trust and honesty. If you would be

interested in including a good-paying,part time job to your daily list of activities, then you could kindly reply me at robin17701@yahoo.com and Iwould be glad to brief you more.

Good day ,how are you and hope you take your time and patience to go through this.This is the job i have for you.Peters Industries is a company which was originated from the Uk,it is a trading company that is into the import and export of goods like Aluminium,Industrial Chemicals,Raw Materials, Machines & Machineries, Non-Ferrous Metal,Steel,Foundry,Aluminium Products, construction,Plastic and Rubber,Refractories and Ceramics Products,Tyres, Professional Products Drawing, Graphic,Arts and crafts,and newly included- Electronics-copiers, printers, fax machines, personal computers, CD-RW, DVD-RQ drives and media, cameras, and advanced electronic devices to U.S,Canada and Europe. Due to the Increasing number of clients that we have in the U.S.A, Canada and Europe,we are having difficulty in reaching all of them,therefore we decided to employ representatives to help us get to our clients.As our representative,you shall serve as a link between us and our clients and you will also be responsible for the collection of payments on our behalf.You shall have a 10% commision for every transaction payment that you collect on our behalf.The amount on the payment is $4000.This payment would be delivered at your home via courier service so all you need do is take the payment to your bank have it cashed,deduct the 10% for yourself,you would go to the western union and send the rest balance to my company and also deduct the western union fees from the company Money.Thats all you have to do for now but as soon as there are more developments i will let you know.I like your resume and all i need from you now to get started is:

1.FULL NAMES ......

2.CONTACT ADDRESS ..........

3.COUNTRY ......

4.OCCUPATION .....

5.PHONE ......

6.FAX NUMBER....

7.AGE........

Thanks so much i would be expecting your reply soonest.Bye

Robin Smith .

C.E.O peters printing Inc

13MURRAYCLOSE,

THAMESMEAD

LONDON SE28 0NT

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"Come and work in a hotel" is a scam usually associated with advance fee fraud, meaning that they'll want you to send money via Western Union sooner or later -- and probably not to Canada. They made a right hash of this one: not only is the English dodgy, but the links to contacts are screwed up too.

Thursday, December 21, 2006

This looks a lot like the Starline Cruise advance fee fraud scam from a while back -- right down to the fact that it's based in Malaysia. I suspect there is no job, but there are fees associated with applying for it, payable by Western Union money transfer.

We recruit qualified candidates and conduct training including interviewsbefore relocating selected employees to their specified job location. OurHuman-Resources Team is continually looking for friendly, hardworking, dependable, crew for our cruise ships. They co-ordinates employmentopportunities for all positions on board our cruise lines. The benefits ofworking on cruise ships lure people of all ages. Our dedicated team will assist you in applying for one of the most desired job positions ever.

Hello,I am Sandra Cole , from Spain and we are looking for a Male or Female representative, who can be working for us as a partime worker and get ( 10% ) on every work you do. We are happy to inform you that this would not affect your present state of work. Our main factory is located in UK while we extract the raw materials needed for the manufacturing of fabrics from Africa, Asia and South America. We produce standard articles for promotional events, catering, hotel and laundry trades.We also manufacture to our customers specific design requirements. As our main area of business is the promotional market we are constantly working with our clients on new and innovative designs and provide a fast and flexible services. Blank Tea Towels, Cotton Canvas Bags and Cotton Drill Aprons are our most popular products used by screen printers and embroiderers for tourism, schools, special events and promotions.We are in need of a representative one who is honest,sincere,trusthworthy,capable and reliable that would help us recieve payments from our customers.The reason why we need this representative is that the cost of coming down to receive payments is very much expensive, we can spend up 2,500 dollars on every trip,(feeding,accomodation and flight tickets) so we need a representative who will be handling some aspect on our behalf. We are to pay 10% of every payment you recieve on our behalf, and you can still keep your regular job while you work for us. All you have to do is help us recieve payments from our customers. These payments may come in Cashier Cheques, Money Orders, Travellers Cheque, or International Money Orders based on what our client decides to pay with. And they would come to you in your name, because you are the one to get them cashed, so all you need do is cash the payment in your bank or cashing point,or any cashing store, take your 10% from the payment and wire the rest to us via western union money transfer to the given name and information we would be providing you with.All we need now is your trust, But we have our way of getting anyone that gets away with our money via so many ways. If you are interested I will send you an employment letter which you are to sign and send back to me as soon as possible.It would not cost you any amount,you are to receive payments which will be sent to you via post from our business partners,or those mailed to us in our Location will be sent out to you.These are the Informations required from you if you are interested in this part time job; foreign rep at the company yahoo permanent ID (sandra_abi007@yahoo.com).FULL NAMEFULL CONTACT ADDRESSCITY,STATE & ZIPCODE. PHONE NUMBER #MOBILE #PERMANENT EMAIL ADDRESSYours SincerellySandra ColeAccountant Manager Spain

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

This job offer is really vague, but I confidently predict that the missing details include forwarding money via Western Union or Money Gram. Don't make an ass of yourself as a money mule these holidays. This domain was registered only very recently for one year as follows.

Greetings to everyone who has recieved this letter from us, we which you a best luck in the next year and best luck with us, with our offer. Youalready know that two biggest events of the year are very close to us andsoon will finally be here. Merry Christmas and New Years. We want to which you a best luck already and as a gift we want to offer you a job.

Our company currently is seeking for people who can help us out and earngood money for themselves. We need as many people as possible. You can consider this opportunity as a Christmas Job. You will be able to makequick money everyday, spending 1-3 hours a day, no knowledge requiered, nopast experience, anyone can apply. You must be 18+ y/o, you have to be an honest person and responsible. You will like working with us, it will beconvenient and easy.

Our Big Benefits:1. We pay out everyday.2. $600-$900 a week guaranteed.3. You will spend not more than 1-3 hours a day.

To start working with us you need to fill out application at our websitehttp://www.holiday-job.com click on "Regsiter" and procceed withregistration. When done, we will contact you over the phone and you can consider yourself already part of our team. Sign up right now, time ismoney and Christmas is almost here, so hurry up!

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

This one is a fairly well-explained money mule scam based around forged checks or money orders. It has a bit of an identity crisis, though: is it "Susart World Inc." or "Jones Art World in China Inc."? It probably was "Susart World Inc" originally, but scammers change the names of their businesses about as often as they change their underwear: somewhere between weekly and monthly.

-- SUSART WORLD INC.ANNTA :-My name is CONEL FRANK ETON, I am a MANAGER of JONES ART WORLD in CHINA, ,I have been doing artwork since I was a small child That gives me about 23 years of experience I majored in art in high school and took a few collegeart courses Most of my work is done in either pencil or art brush mixedwith color pencils.I have recently added designing and creating artwork on the computer, I have been selling my art for the last 3 years and have hadmy work featured on trading cards, prints and in magazines, I have sold ingalleries and to private collectors from all around the world. I am always facing serious difficulties when it comes to selling my art works toAmericans, they are always offering to pay with CERTIFIED CHECKS OR MONEYORDER, which is difficult for me to cash here in CHINA.

I am looking for a representative in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, CANADA ,OR UK who will be working for me as a par time worker and i will bewilling to pay 10% for every transaction, which wouldn't affect yourpresent state of work, someone who would help me receive payments from my customers in the states, I mean someone that is responsible and reliable,because the cost of coming to the state and getting payments is veryexpensive, I am working on setting up a branch in the state, so for now i need a representative in the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA who will be handlingthe payment aspect for our company.These payments are in CERTIFIED CHECKSOR MONEY ORDER and they would come to you in your name if you are willing to assist as a representative, so all you need do is cash the money orderdeduct your percentage and WESTERN UNION Charges then wire the restback.But the problem i have is trust, i have made arrangement with the FBI in Washington,that if anybody gets away with my money they will definatelyget hold with the person,and the person will go to JAIL for LOOTING myfunds , you are to receive the MONEY ORDERS PAYMENT which will be sent to you by the FEDEX or UPS from my business partners, which would come inform of a MONEY ORDER then you are to take it to your bank account toenable you cash it and send the money cashed for the CERTIFIED CHECKS OR MONEY ORDER to me via WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM.NOTE: All charges of the WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER will be deductedfrom the money, so you are rest assured that you wouldn't spend a dime outof your personal money.If you are interested, please get back to me assoon as possible via email.N: B, Please send to me the listed information below:

#Your full name:#Your full home address,#Your age,#Occupation, #DRIVING LINCEINCE DATA,#marital status,#direct contact telephone number,I will be needing your home address,so that I will send theCERTIFIED CHECKS OR MONEY ORDER to you via postmail or overnight shipment. Thanks for your assistant and God bless,

Saturday, December 16, 2006

I have to confess I'm not entirely sure what language this is, but amoney mule scam is pretty obvious in any Roman-letter language,especially when they're offering 8% and want their money sent via"Western Union".

Dear Sir/Madam, T & B International Limited is a Burns textile company. We produce and distribute clothing materials such as batiks,,art works,art materials and crafts,assorted fabrics and traditional costume worldwide.We have reached big sales volume of textile materials in the Europe and now are trying to penetrate the US market.Quite soon,we will open representative offices or authorized sales centers in the US and therefore we are currently looking for people who will assist us in establishing a new distribution network over there.The fact is that despite the US market is new for us we already have regular clients also speaks for itself.

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO FOR US.But we have a problem thats setting us back.We have some problem collecting our payments from our US clients.The international money transfer tax for legal entities(companies) in Latvia is 25%,whereas for the individual,it is only 7%.There is no sense for us to work this way, while tax for international money transfer made by a private individual is 7%.That's why we need you! We need agents to receive payment for our textiles( in money orders,cheque or bank wire transfers) from our clients in the US and to resend the money to us via Money Gram or Western Union Money Transfer.This way we will save money because of tax decreasing.

JOB DESCRIPTION1. Recieve payment from Clients.2. Cash Payments at your Bank.3. Deduct 10% which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed. 4. Forward balance afer deduction of percentage/pay to any of the offices you will becontacted to send payment to(Payment is to be forwarded either by Money Gram orWestern Union Money Transfer). MAIN REQUIREMENTS. (1).18 years or older legally capable,responsible and ready to work 3-4 hours per week.(2).You must have PC knowledge,e-mail and internet experience(minimal). And please know that Everything is absolutely legal, that's why you have to fill a contract! Our payments will be issued out in your name and sent to your contact address. If you are interested, please get back to me as soon as possible via email. N: B, Please send to me the listed information below: APPLICATIONFirst name :Last name :Full Address :City :State :Country :Zip Code :Tel numbers :Sex :Date of birth :Nationality :Are you employed/self employed?Do you have a checking account? Best means of communication?email/phone

I will need this informations from you for my record,also if you require more information ,do not hesitate to contact me,i will give you a call asap.PLEASE SEND YOUR REPLIES TO larry_eze_2006@yahoo.co.ukThanks and God bless.Yours faithfully,Larry Eze for T&B international.

We are a small and relatively new Software Development and Outsourcing Company specializing in enterprise application development, system integration, corporate networks and other software solutions for business and finance. The company based in Ukraine (Europe). WeÐ²Ð‚â„¢ve earned ourselves a reputation of a reliable and trustworthy partner working successfully with a number of West European Australia and North American companies and providing them with reliable software development services in financial, telecom and media sectors. Unfortunately we are currently facing some difficulties with receiving payments for our services. It usually takes us 10-30 days to receive a payment from your country and such delays are harmful to our business. We do not have so much time to accept every wire transfer and we can't accept cashierÐ²Ð‚â„¢s checks or money orders as well. ThatÐ²Ð‚â„¢s why we are currently looking for partners in your country to help us accept and process these payments faster.

If you are looking for a chance to make an additional profit you can become our representative in your country. As our representative you will receive 8% of every deal we conduct. Your job will be accepting funds in the form of wire transfers and check payments and forwarding them to us. It is not a full-time job, but rather a very convenient and fast way to receive additional income. We also consider opening an office in your country in the nearest future and you will then have certain privileges should you decide to apply for a full-time job.

This is an entry level opportunity in the field of financial services. Our financial professionals work with clients to help them achieve their many financial goals such as saving on taxes.

We therefore solicit your assistance in remitting this money and facilitating transactions. If you believe you would be able to undertake such a task and are interested in this job, please respond to eurosoftmarkdp@aim.com and send us the following information about yourself:

1. Your Full Name as it appears on your resume.

2. Education.

3. Your Contact Address.

4. Telephone/Fax number.

5. Your present Occupation and Position currently held.

6. Your Age

Please respond ASAP and we will provide you with additional details on how you can become our representative. Joining us and starting business today will cost you nothing and you will be able to earn a bit of extra money fast and easy.

Should you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at the address mentioned above. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Thursday, December 14, 2006

Money mule scam of the "direct transfer" variety. The "directtransfer" scams usually want a fast response from the "employee",since the unauthorised transfer could be noticed and challenged at anytime.

Mr./Mrs.We want to inform you about the news from the well-known Danishcompany "Danish Art Gallery" that sells oil paintings and other worksof art online. At present "Danish Art Gallery" is searching foremployees to the position of financial manager and is delighted tosuggest you to familiarize with this offer.This offer is unique for you because you don't need to a specialeducation or experience in the financial field to obtain thisposition. During the examination of applications we inquire about thecredit history and the criminal past of the candidate, because weoperate with rather large sums. Also the candidate is required:A free time available, 1-2 hours during the workday, 2-3 times a week;The possibility of routinely checking his e-mail, better for few times a day;To have a bank account in his country or a possibility of it's establishment.The work consists of the receipt of cash assets (that are payments forgoods bought at "Danish Art Gallery") on the account from the clientsof the company and subsequent sending it to "Danish Art Gallery". Butabove all this work is well paid! The agent gets 5% of commission foreach payment made with his assistance that gives him a possibility toearn about 2500 USD per month!The offer of "Danish Art Gallery" is your chance to earn money byInternet and to increase essentially your regular profit! If you areinterested in this offer you can write directly to "Danish ArtGallery" to the following address: info@danish-gallery.com and youwill be sent a detailed description of this vacation: the reason ofits appearance, how to solicit, the mechanism of work, the fee andmany other information. Even if you have any subsidiary points – writeus to info@danish-gallery.com and we will certainly answer them.If you want to solicit for this position – write tovacancy@danish-gallery.com and you will be sent an application form.Fill in this form and send it back to us, you will be informed aboutthe result during a few next days.Thank you for your attention.

I am Mr. Kenji Nishibe managinig The Chinfungcompany Limited of Japan.We are company who deal on art works like tiger, Dragons, Lotus, Horse,Figures, carps, Miscellany, Crane, Bamboo , and also iron ore exportinto the Canada / America and Europe. We are searching for representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting ourcustomers in Canada / America and All Europe countries as well as making paymentsthrough you to us.

Please if you are interested in transactingbusiness with us we will be glad. Please contact us for moreinformation, subject to your satisfaction you will be given theopportunity to negotiate your mode of which we will pay for yourservices as our representative in Canada / America and All Europe countries. myprivate email:[claude_mmccl@mail2world.com ]

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Another money mule scam with freemail contact points: no special effort to create websites or domain names. The scammer is based in the UK if the contact phone number is true. My suspicion: probably Nigerian; probably check forgery.

NOEL 2006/2007. Let me crave your indulgence to introduce myself to you, I am Mr.williams Morrow President of Nippon Oil Exploration UK Ltd.we deal on crude oil and raw material and export into the various continents.I will want to solicit for your assistance to help collect a check that is due for payment to me for services and supplies I rendered to customers in America,Canada and Europe.

Please if you are willing to assist, I will want you to furnish me with your particulars, so as to enable me give you further details. Please, you have to be an honest and trusted person, as more payments will be made through you in the course of this transaction. And more so you will be entitled to 10% of every payment that you are able to receive for us from our customers. Please contact us for more information via email with the below in formations filled out.

This mail is serving as an invitation to treat with the above namedcompany.E.M.C was established on April 1, 2003. Our goal is to become an "excellent company" in the 21st century by fulfilling our basic corporate mission of"contributing to society with the world's highest technology." Steelproducts possess excellent properties and for many centuries have played an important role as a basic material supporting industry and society in a widerange of applications. Because many of theworld's countries require significant quantities of steel to create a morelivable society and achieve continuing growth, a large increase in global steel demand is expected well into the new century. This means that steelproducts will continue to be necessary to society as a whole..Due to the increase in demand of our products in America, Canada, Asia, Middle east and Europe we have decided to move our products fully into theabove continent. By so doing, we are se arching for reliablepersons/companies who can act as a payment agent who can help us establish a medium of getting to our customers in America, Canada, Asia and Middle east.Note that, if finally approved as our payment agent, you are entitled to15% of whatever amount you receive from customers who are making payments for outstanding debt on behalf of the company. Our account officer willconvey to you the medium which you will use to remit any funds received onour behalf.If you are interested in being a payment agent in the above location and your locality, please get back to me via my private email(Rep_mcdowall@yahoo.co.uk)with the following information below:

(1)Full names:(2)Complete Residence/office address: (3)Tele/cell numbers:(4)Occupation:(5)Sex:(6)Age:Please also let us know the best time to reach you on phone especially aswe have adifferent time. Thank you for your time.

This money mule job reeks of Nigerian check forgery. Note in particular the bit (highlighted in red) about them being from a church, and having an arrangement with the FBI to track cheaters. These guys sure don't have any shame about their lies, do they?

ARTS & CRAFTS ACTIVITES needs a book-keeper in the United States, so I want to know if you would like to work online from home and get paid weekly without leaving or affecting your present job? The company presently run an Arts Galleria in Hong Kong and we need someone to work for the company as a representative/book keeper in the United States. The company deals with, sales of Art and Craft works, sculptures and carvings, antique artifacts and produces various fabrics materials & Traditional batiks, assorted fabrics and various traditional costumes from all over the world and we have clients we supply weekly in the United States. Our clients make payments for our supplies every week in form of U.S. Money Order, Cheque and cashier cheque , which are not readily cashable outside the United States, so we need someone in the United States to work as our representative and assist us in processing the payments from our clients and he/she would be paid a weekly salary. NOTE: ALL YOU NEED TO DO IS TO RECEIVE THIS PAYMENTS FROM OUR CLIENTS ON BEHALF OF OUR COMPANY IN THE UNITED STATES, GET IT CASHED IMMIDIATLY. THEN DEDUCT YOUR 10% PERCENTAGE AWAY FROM THE MONEY AND WIRE THE BALANCE BACK TO ANY OF OUR ACCOUNTANTS AND LAWYER IN OUR REGIONAL WAREHOUSE VIA WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER. OR MONEY GRAM

Our payments will be issued out in your name and you get them cashed in your bank deduct your 10% percentage and send the balance back to any of our accountants/lawyers in our regional warehouses via Western Union/MoneyGram money transfer Services. Basically what the Company is searching for is a Representative/Book-keeper in the States who would help to establish a medium of getting our funds from our customers there. If you are interested in working with us we would be very glad as inability to get our Payment in cash has posed a big problem and has affected account reconciliation and turn over grossly. These are legitimate transactions between our customers and our company Representative and there is no legal risk as these are payments for goods already bought and delievered. We are offering 10% of whatever amount it is that you cash per week as salary and subject to your satisfaction you will be given the oppurtunity to negotiate the mode by which we will pay for your services as our official Representative/Book-keeper in the States. The mode we would prefer would be instant deduction of your salary from the Amount before going ahead to send whatever is left back via Western Union OR MoneyGram Money Transfer.We are aware that you would be charged to have the money sent, whatever that would amount you will useto send the rest money will be deducted from the balance of the funds after you must have deducted your salary okay. We need honest and trustworthy person who can do this job and it can not affect your formal work you are doing before okay. All you have to do is to be at home and wait for any check that willbe com ing from any of out clients and get then cash in your own bank immediatly and deduct your 10% as i told you.Please you have to follow thed intruction because we are christian from CHURCH MOSSION BIBLE CHRCH in WA SHINGHTON, that is why we need honest person and trustworthy who have fear of GOD okay. And also we have way of geting those who run away with out money because we have make an arrangement for FBI to get those who will run with out company money okay.

Please if you are interested forward the following informations:.........

1.) FULL NAMES ..............

2.) PHONE NUMBER ( WHERE YOU CAN BE REACHED AT ANYTIME) .........

3.) FULL HOME ADDRESS WITH CITY & ZIPCODE........

4) COUNTRY .......

5.) STATE.......

6.) CITY........

Hoping to hear from you soon .I will send you an Application Form to fillwhen you have provide all theinformations reqiuried from you immediatly .please let me know if you are interested in this employment Offer.

Greetings to everyone who has recieved this letter from us, we whichyou a best luckin the next year and best luck with us, with our offer. You alreadyknow that twobiggest events of the year are very close to us and soon will finallybe here. MerryChristmas and New Years. We want to which you a best luck already andas a gift wewant to offer you a job.

Our company currently is seeking for people who can help us out andearn good moneyfor themselves. We need as many people as possible. You can consider thisopportunity as a Christmas Job. You will be able to make quick money everyday,spending 1-3 hours a day, no knowledge requiered, no past experience, anyone canapply. You must be 18+ y/o, you have to be an honest person and responsible. Youwill like working with us, it will be convenient and easy.

Our Big Benefits:

1. You will spend not more than 1-3 hours a day.2. We pay out everyday.3. $600-$900 a week guaranteed.

To start working with us you need to fill out application at ourwebsite http://www.bestsunjob.com click on "Regsiter" and procceedwith registration. When done, we will contact youover the phone and you can consider yourself already part of our team.Sign up rightnow, time is money and Christmas is almost here, so hurry up!

LIANSU INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY£ºLianSu Industrial ParkLongJiang Town SHUNDE City GuandDong.China.www.ls-extrusion.com

COMPANY REPRESENTATIVE REQUIRED URGENTLY!!!

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Shao Yang Company Director of LIANSU INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.

The Liansu International Development (L & S), was Established in 1986, Guangdong L&S Science & Technology Group is one of the largest manufacturers of plastic piping and extrusion facilities in domestic market in Asia.

We manufacturers and sell plastic piping,extrusion facilities and other raw materials and are therefore interested in employing your services, to work with us as our offshore payment agent who can help us eastablish a medium of receiving payment on our behalf for Goods and raw materials we supplied to our customers in Europe,America or Canada.

We are searching for representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting our funds from our custumers in these areas as well as making payments through you to us.Please if interested in transacting business in view of helping us, so our clients could make payment to you being a representative for us we will be very glad and compensations will be given and as well as other benefits.

You do not have to leave your present job for this one because this job offer will be on a part time basis as it comes once in a while and remuneration is on a percentage basis of 10% of the total amount you receive from my customers at any time on my behalf.

Subject to your satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to negotiate your mode of which we will pay for your services as our representative/agent in North America, South America, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, Eastern Asia, Mid East, Africa.

We are a group of company that is based in Russia, we need individualor company that would represent this company in USA, Canada, Mexico and United Kingdom. As our Representative in your country, you shallestablish a medium of contacting our customers in your country andshall alsoreceive payment from our customers.

If you are interested, forward all required information below to our Enlisting Officer;

This is an obvious money mule job. Modus operandi looks Nigerian to me, so expect it to involve forged checks or money orders. A brief search suggests that there is a real company by the name of "Naugra Export", but this scammer is just fraudulently abusing the name. The domain name looks like it was registered by the scammer for the scam. There is no elaborate website to back up the scam: it's just a "Microsoft Live" place-holder page.

I am Mr. Ahmed J. Balraj, the Executive Director of a group of business Persons, from India who deals on World Class Scientific Instruments and Raw Materials. Products we export include Biology Lab Instruments, Physics Lab Instruments, Microscopes & Accessories, Medical Disposable, Surgical Instruments, Laboratory Plasticware, Laboratory Products, Chemicals, Testing Instruments, Glassware, etc. We export into America/Europe/Asia and Africa; my office with a Procurement officer is presently based in London, England. This is because, alot of people complain of not being able to make long distance call to India, we are contemplating on setting up office in one of the European countries.

Meanwhile, because of the heavy nature of business that we went through in our last month`s fair, some Companies and Individuals are indebted to us, ranging between $10,000 to $300,000 making a total of USD$22.5 million, being total credit. We wish to employ you to be our payment agent, which means Creditors in your region can make payments through you to us. Please, we would like you to consider this position we have offered to you, by Representing us in your Region.

This puts you in the position of transacting business (payments) between us and the Creditors. Bare also please bear in mind that you are only entitled to a 10% of any payment made through you to us.

For inquiry into this position, all correspondence and your information should be addressed to the Procurement office in London through the procurement officer there, MR. TAN MANPOONG; admin@shopindiaimpex.net

Saturday, December 09, 2006

Just another money mule recruitment drive from a random Yahoo! user (cahlj2006@yahoo.co.uk). Note that it was sent from a Hotmail account, however: replies are directed elsewhere, since spamming accounts are ususally closed moderately quickly.

Dear Friend,How are you today? I am YANG HONG, I work with ASIAN TRADING COMPANY in conjunction with recruit Express, We are looking for People to serve as Payment Officers on behalf of our company.DUTY: The payment officer receives payments from our customers located within their business area (CITY,STATE,COUNTRY)he/she will report directly to the payments and money control office either in person,email,telephone or fax. QUALIFICATION:The position does not require any educational qualification but a bachelors degree or very good high school record will be an added advantage,no experience is needed but should be able to speak his/her language fluently as well as understand an extra language will be an added advantage. The individual should be highly motivated, sensitive,being a meticulous person is an added advantage.Applicants with Company names have a higher hand compared to others.NOTE:This Job is a part- time Job and has been designed in such a way that it does not affect your regular/daily work Application deadline/Expiry: Two weeks after the broadcast of this message.Salary range: (Fixed)$3,500:00 to $5,000:00 Monthly Plus 10% of every payments received excluding any Taxes or Cheque/check clearing fees.To apply, send referencing position number # 117212 to the employment manager in U.K London by fax on Fax:+448717205284 or by e-mail to: Contact Person: Cahl Jakson Email:cahlj2006@yahoo.co.uk You should also remember to state your referring agent in the e-mail or fax message for easy identification at the processing office. Once this is done you will receive an e-mail from us with a link to our official registration website where registration shall be completed.Thanks for taking time to read our offer.

Friday, December 08, 2006

Summary

Another in a long line of "direct transfer" money mule scams [see sidebar for more information about money mule scams], Impex Consult appears to be a direct descendant of Athens Financial Group Ltd, because there is overlap in the nameservers used for the domain names.

The Spam

As in past cases, the message is presented in a GIF image, accompanied by "filter buster" text coloured to be invisible against the background.

Representative image

Sender names encountered

Capitalisation and punctuation may vary

Impex Consult Financial Consulting Group

Impex Consult Financial

Impex Consult

Domain names involved

The following links have been encountered in spam, listed in order of encounter.

http://icslt.net/

http://icslt.com/

http://icst.biz/

http://icslt.cn/

http://icslt.info/

http://ixcslt.cn/

http://im-consult.biz/

http://impexconsult.net/

http://impex-consult.biz/

http://impexconsult.biz/

http://imconsult.biz/

http://imconsult.org/

http://imcons.org/

http://imcons.info/

http://imcons.biz/

http://impex-consult.org/

http://imp-consult.com/

http://imp-consult.net/

http://impexconsult.org/

http://im-consult.org/

http://imp-consult.biz/

http://consult-im.net/

http://consult-imp.net/

http://consult-im.biz/

http://consult-imp.com/

http://consult-im.org/

The above is not an exhaustive list of involved domains -- merely the ones we know about. Please post comments below if you are aware of other domains involved in this scam.

Website

Here is a snapshot of the website taken at around the time this blog entry was first posted.

Domain Information (for experts)

Limited WHOIS information is provided here, primarily for the purposes of trend analysis. I do not include most of the registrant details, since these are invariably fabricated and may point to innocent third parties.

This is a mail from Shanghai Morgan Matroc Technical Ceramics Co. Ltd, based in the Shanghai , which specialize in the production of high quality technical ceramic products and export into the CANADA , USA , JAPAN , DUBAI AND OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.

Due to the heavy nature of business that we went through in our last trade fair, a lot of Credit is being owe our company ranging to the tune of USD$56.5 million. This amount is owed us by individuals and cooperate bodies (clients) all over Canada/America, Europe and Asia continent. This has led us to recruit for the position of the payment Agent in your country.

Please if you are interested, I need you to present the following details:

We saw this scam late last month. It's back, and only the contact addresses have changed to protect the guilty. As if involving third parties in crime as money mules weren't bad enough in itself, these guys have the gall to pretend to be charity workers.

We are Humanitarian Organization on the verge of Facilitating global Charity Enhancement, our work is to get donation across to Affectedpeoplein need of donations Worldwide, we are enlisting Agents worldwide tohelpget Donations to People in every part of the world.

Your work is simple, Donations will be made to people who aredesperatelyin need through you, and you will also receive a fee for helping peopleget help. You will be allowed to negotiate your mode of payment once youare enlisted. Note that you will be directed on how funds and reliefmaterials will be disbursed.

Please if you are interested or know any body, group of persons who aredesperately in need or you want to change the world around you for the better, do contact our Agents recruitment James Allencharityfoundations1@yahoo.co.ukWith the following information

Summary

Money mule recruitment scam. [See sidebar for information on money mules.] Advertised via plain text spam: all email addresses in the spam are believed forged, and no reply is possible; only the link contained in the spam points to the actual site. The one site may be hidden behind a large number of domain name registrations, since many spam filters keep track of links used in spam as a means of spam identification.

The Spam

The following is a representative extract of the spam. The text was followed by a number of line-breaks and some random "hash-buster" text.

Dear Sir/Madam,

Seek AU and MyCarreer announces the beginning of a new globalemployment campaign offering you one more opportunity to earnextramoney workin gwith Int-Job Deals Company.Illusively pencil stems verses extends. We are looking for honest,responsible, hard-owrking people that can dedicate 2-4hours of their time per day and earn extra 700-1000 AUD weekly.

All offered positions are ucrrently part-time and give you a chance to workmainly from home. If you are interested, please go tohttp://www.injobdeals.com click "REGISTER".

Since the above sample was posted, other spams pointing to the same "International Job Employee" scam have been received. If your spam looks different, don't be fooled -- it's still a scam.

Website

Here is a snapshot of the website taken at around the time this blog entry was first posted.

Domain Names Involved

The following domain names have been seen in association with this scam. There may well be others that we haven't seen: please comment below or send us samples if you have seen others.

About This Blog

This blog is an offshoot of iDeceive, which documents deceptive Internet activity. For more general information, please go to that blog. All entries posted here are employment scams. If you've received an email that resembles anything posted here, you'd be well advised to assume that the sender wants to exploit you, not employ you.
Scammers often impersonate real companies. Where real company names are mentioned here, you should assume that a scammer is using that identity fraudulently unless you have strong evidence to the contrary.

Need advice?

If you need advice about a possible scam, and you don't want to post a comment on the blog, contact Deception Spotter via email at ideceive@gmail.com.Please include the word "Spotter" in the subject: the message will then be flagged for my attention, and won't be classified as spam. Most relevant correspondence is answered within 24 hours, but no guarantee is offered as this is an unpaid, voluntary public service.

What is a money mule?

The vast majority of job scams seek to recruit money mules, usually under titles like "financial manager", "payment processor", "transaction specialist", or just plain "representative" or even "partner". The job of a money mule is to be a financial middle-man, accepting payment in one form, and forwarding it (minus a fee) to another party, usually via Western Union. Scammers employ money mules to launder money on their behalf: the mule is responsible for converting a fraudulent transaction of some kind into quick, anonymous cash, usually transferred via Western Union or some similar scheme. Scammers send out a lot of job ads for money mule positions and never refuse an applicant because they are disposable: money mules either get ripped off directly (as when they are persuaded to bank a forged cheque or money order which is later dishonoured by the bank), or take the blame for defrauding someone else (as with most payments involving direct bank transfer, PayPal, or similar). Don't make an ass of yourself: don't be a money mule.